Triteleia grandiflora
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image_caption = Triteleia grandiflora in Wenas Wildlife Area, Washington
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|status_system = TNC
|taxon = Triteleia grandiflora
|authority = Lindl.
|synonyms_ref=[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=290473 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
|synonyms=*Tulophos grandiflora (Lindl.) Raf.
- Milla grandiflora (Lindl.) Baker
- Brodiaea grandiflora (Lindl.) J.F.Macbr. 1918, illegitimate homonym, not Sm. 1811 nor Pursh 1814
- Brodiaea grandiflora var. major Benth. ex Baker
- Brodiaea douglasii S.Watson
- Brodiaea howellii S.Watson
- Brodiaea bicolor Suksd.
- Hookera bicolor (Suksd.) Piper
- Hookera douglasii (S.Watson) Piper
- Hookera howellii (S.Watson) Piper
- Triteleia bicolor (Suksd.) A.Heller
- Brodiaea douglasii var. howellii (S.Watson) M.Peck
- Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii (S.Watson) Hoover
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Triteleia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant known by the common names largeflower triteleia,{{PLANTS|id=TRGR7|taxon=Triteleia grandiflora|accessdate=16 December 2015}} largeflower tripletlily, and wild hyacinth.
Description
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Triteleia grandiflora is a perennial herb growing from a corm. It produces two or three basal leaves up to {{Convert|70|cm}} long by 1 cm wide. The inflorescence arises on a smooth, erect stem up to {{Cvt|75|cm}} tall and bears an umbel-like cluster of many blue to white flowers. Each flower is a funnel-shaped bloom borne on a pedicel up to 4 or 5 cm long. The flower may be up to 3.5 cm long including the tubular throat and six tepals each just over 1 cm long. The inner set of three tepals are somewhat ruffled and broader than the outer tepals. The flower corolla may be deep blue to almost white with a darker blue mid-vein. There are six stamens with purple or yellow anthers. The prominent tubular flower throat distinguishes T. grandiflora from Triteleia hyacinthina, whose range overlaps T. grandiflora.
Distribution and habitat
Triteleia grandiflora is native to western North America from British Columbia to extreme northern California, eastward into Idaho, Montana and northern Utah, with disjunct populations occurring in Wyoming and Colorado.Ladyman, J. (2007). [http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/triteleiagrandiflora.pdf Triteleia grandiflora: A technical conservation assessment.] US Forest Service.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Triteleia%20grandiflora.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map] Its habitat includes grassland, sagebrush, woodlands, and forests.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
Uses
The corm provides food for various wild rodents and livestock, and Native Americans and settlers found them edible as well.
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons|Triteleia grandiflora}}
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8655,0,8662 Jepson Manual Treatment: var. howellii]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220013847 Flora of North America]
- [http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Triteleia&Species=grandiflora Washington Burke Museum]
- [http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Blue%20Purple%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/triteleia%20grandiflora.htm Southwest Colorado Wildflowers]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Triteleia+grandiflora Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Plants described in 1830
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